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Director:
F.W. Murnau
Writers:
Carl Mayer (writer)
Molière (play)
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Release Date:
24 July 1927 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Young man shows his millionaire grandfather a film based on Molière's Tartuffe, in order to expose the old man's hypocritical governess who covets his own inheritance. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Hermann Picha ... Der Greis / Old councilor
Rosa Valetti ... Sein Haushälterin / Housekeeper
André Mattoni ... Sein Enkel / Grandson
Werner Krauss ... Herr Orgon
Lil Dagover ... Frau Elmire / Elmire, Orgon's wife
Lucie Höflich ... Dorine
Emil Jannings ... Tartüff
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Camilla Horn
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Directed by
F.W. Murnau 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Carl Mayer  writer
Molière  play

Produced by
Erich Pommer .... producer
 
Original Music by
Giuseppe Becce 
 
Cinematography by
Karl Freund  (as Carl Freund)
 
Art Direction by
Robert Herlth 
Walter Röhrig 
 
Costume Design by
Robert Herlth 
Walter Röhrig 
 
Makeup Department
Waldemar Jabs .... makeup artist
 
Stunts
Camilla Horn .... stunt double: Lil Dagover
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Baberske .... assistant camera
 
Music Department
Kurt Graunke .... conductor: new score
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tartüff
Tartuffe (USA)
Der Scheinheilige (Austria) [de]
Swietoszek (Poland) [pl]
Tartuffe (France) [fr]
Tartufo (Spain) [es]
Tartufo (Italy) [it]
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Runtime:
74 min | USA:70 min
Country:
Germany
Language:
German
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

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Version of Le tartuffe (1984) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
It's still Murnau, 8 November 2007
7/10
Author: VanRippestein from Zutphen, Holland

This is the fourth Murnau i've seen, after Nosferatu, Sunrise and Faust. I admire the work of Murnau for it's beautiful compositions an camera movement. Murnau is able to translate the mood he want's to set into composition and movement without being artsy for the sake of it.

Tartuffe has quiet a story behind it. Apparently, Murnau was forced by contract to make this film. So this film is to Murnau what Spartacus was to Kubrick. Even though it's still a Murnau picture: again Murnau knows how to give a quiet flat story more depth by suggestion and style. I liked the film, it's hasn't got the outdoors scene's that Sunrise and Nosferatu had, or the huge sets and special effect of Faust, but still it remains an exciting film. Don't hold back by the negative reviewers of the film, this is, by all means, not a bad film. It's just that Murnau made so much breathtaking stuff in his other work, that this film seems not so historical interesting. But if you're a fan of Murnau's other work I'm sure you'll like this as well. Make sure you'll watch the Masters of Cinema edition. It has a great documentary about the making of this film. It gave me a lot of new insights about the film and about Murnau.

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